No more conflict, unrest in CHT, says PM She inaugurates

Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina has stressed the need for maintaining peace in the hills, report agencies.

She also urged all to extend cooperation to the Land Commission in solving the land dispute in the Chattogram Hill Tracts (CHT.

"We want no more unrest and conflict in CHT … we want the people of the region to stay well, we want peace to be maintained there," she said.

The PM made the comments while speaking at a function during the inauguration of 'Sheikh Hasina Chattogram Hill Tracts Complex' on Bailey Road in the city on Sunday afternoon.

Sheikh Hasina said the country including the CHT region will achieve prosperity through peace, while progress will come following peace.

"And we'll build a hunger and poverty-free Sonar Bangla as dreamt by Bangabandhu through this progress and prosperity Insha Allah," she added.

Housing and Public Works Minister Engineer Mosharraf Hossain, Convenor of the CHT Peace Accord Implementation Committee Abul Hasanat Abdullah, Chairman of CHT Regional Council Jyotirindra Bodhipriya Larma, popularly known as Santu Larma, and Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of CHT Affairs RAM Ubaidul Muktadir Chowdhury were present as the special guests on the occasion.

State Minister for CHT Affairs Ministry Bir Bahadur Ushwe Sing presided over the function, while Secretary of the ministry Nurul Amin delivered the welcome address.

A documentary on long-lasting peace and development initiatives of Bangabandhu and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the CHT was screened at the function.

Ministers, PM's advisers, diplomats, representatives of development partners and international organisations were also present.

The PM said when lands are acquired to implement any development scheme in the CHT areas people do not get compensation due to problems over land ownership there.

She said if the CHT people get the ownership of own lands against their own names according to the law which is effective for (other parts of) the country, they can get compensation in case of land acquisition.

Noting that now the world is marching forward in a much faster way, she said, "So, I think, everyone should live with their own lands and own rights. We want this system to be improved."

Alongside a six-storey administrative building and a six-storey dormitory, there are several other structures under the complex.